Rin'

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Rin'

Cover of album "Asuka".
Origin Geidai, Japan
Years active 2003–present
Genres J-pop/Traditional
Labels Avex trax (Japan)
Domo Records (United States)

Rin' is a Japanese popular music group which combines traditional Japanese instruments and style with elements of modern pop and rock music. It is a female trio of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music alumni who graduated in 2003. The band made their performing debut in December 2003, at Meguro Gajoen, and in April 2004, their first single, called "Sakitama," was released by avex trax.

Chie Arai and Mana Yoshinaga play koto, sangen, and jushichi-gen, while Tomoca Nagasu plays biwa and shakuhachi. All three perform vocals.

According to the band's website, the name Rin' comes from the English word 'ring', the Japanese word Wa (和, meaning both 'ring' and 'Japanese-style'), and from the trio's hope to create a 'ring', or circle, of music.

Since their debut, the band has performed in many venues around the world, and have released four singles and several albums. A number of their songs have been used as themes for anime and movies.

Their latest album, Inland Sea, was released worldwide in Europe and the United States on April 25, 2006 and in Japan on August 30, 2006 [1] [2], featuring guest performances by Leigh Nash [3] and Lisa Loeb.[3]

Contents

[edit] Members

Members

  • Mana (Mana Yoshinaga)
  • Tomoca (Tomoca Nagasu)
  • Chie (Chie Arai)

Instruments

Vocals, koto, sangen, jushichi-gen
Vocals, biwa, shakuhachi
Vocals, koto, sangen, jushichi-gen

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

  1. Sakitama (Sakitama～幸魂～?) (7 April 2004)
    1. Sakitama (Sakitama～幸魂～?)
    2. Jikū (Instrumental) (時空(Instrumental)?)
    3. Sakitama (Instrumental) (Sakitama～幸魂～(Instrumental)?)
  2. Yachiyo no Kaze (八千代ノ風?) (30 June 2004)
    1. Yachiyo no Kaze (八千代ノ風?)
    2. Release
    3. Yachiyo no Kaze (Instrumental) (八千代ノ風(Instrumental)?)
    4. Release(Instrumental)
  3. Sakura Sakura (サクラ サクラ?) (20 April 2005)
    1. Sakura Sakura (サクラ サクラ?)
    2. Sakura Sakura (instrumental with shakuhachi and shamisen) (サクラ サクラ(Instrumental with 尺八・三味線)?)
  4. Yume hanabi (夢花火?) (31 August 2005)
    1. Yume hanabi -Rin' Three pieces- (夢花火 -Rin' Three pieces-?)
    2. Yume hanabi (夢花火?)
    3. Frashback -Rin'Version-
    4. Yume hanabi -Instrumental- (夢花火 -Instrumental-?)

[edit] Albums

  1. Jikū (時空?) (12 May 2004)
    1. Jikū (時空?)
    2. Sakitama (Sakitama～幸魂～?)
    3. Yachiyo no Kaze (八千代ノ風?)
    4. Fuhen (普遍?) (featured as the ending theme to the anime series Samurai 7)
    5. Miyabi (雅?)
    6. weakness
    7. Dōshin (道心?)
    8. Smile on-English ver.-
    9. Will
    10. Sai no Kami (サイの神?)
    11. Eternal
  2. Asuka (飛鳥?) (29 September 2004)
    1. Asuka (飛鳥?)
    2. Bibō no Kuni (美貌の國?)
    3. THE GRACE
    4. Kamen (仮面?)
    5. Kurenai (紅?)
    6. innocence
    7. Kochō no Yume (胡蝶之夢?)
    8. Nomado
    9. Kagami Tsuki (鏡月?)
    10. Tenka (天華?)
    11. Hanafubuki (花吹雪?)
    12. Ashita Kagawa (明日香川?)
    13. Sarasōju (沙羅双樹?)
    14. Hanging in there
  3. ～Rin' Christmas Cover Songs～ Seiya (～Rin' Christmas Cover Songs～聖夜?) (14 November 2004)
    1. Happy Xmas(War Is Over)
    2. Last Christmas
    3. Rin'Xmas Medley
    4. Koukyōkyoku Daikyūban (交響曲 第九番?)
    5. Christmas Eve (クリスマス・イブ?)
    6. Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence
    7. White Christmas
    8. In My Life
  4. Utage uta/Sakura Sakura (宴歌（うたげうた）/さくら さくら?) (Live album, 30 March 2005)
  5. Inland Sea (released in U.S./Europe on 25 April 2006, in Japan on 30 August 2006) [1] [3]
    1. New Day Rising (feat. Leigh Nash)
    2. Solemn
    3. What the Rain Said
    4. Never Knew What Love Meant (feat. Leigh Nash)
    5. Moss Garden
    6. Anti Hero (feat. Lisa Loeb)
    7. Inland Sea
    8. Sea of Tranquility (feat. Leigh Nash)
    9. Superflat(Part II)
    10. Past Imperfect
    11. AA170
    12. Niji Musubi (虹結び?) (Japan-only bonus track)

[edit] DVD

  1. "Utage~Rin' First Live Tour 2004 Jikū" (歌宴～Rin' First Live Tour 2004 "時空"～?) (17 November 2004)

[edit] Other

  1. Rin` featuring m.c.A・T "Flashback" (31 August 2005)
  2. CROSSOVER JAPAN'05 CD/DVD (28 September 2005)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Inland Sea - Wiki.theppn. Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
  2. ^ (Japanese) Ｒｉｎ’-リリース-ORICON STYLE ＷＭ ミュージック. Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Rin' : : Inland Sea. Retrieved on January 4, 2007.

[edit] External link

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